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Modularity of Some Nahm Sums as Vector-valued Functions

Number Theory 2024-12-25 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Zagier observed that modular Nahm sums associated with the same matrix may form a vector-valued modular function on some congruence subgroup. We establish modular transformation formulas for several families of Nahm sums by viewing them as vector-valued functions, and thereby we show that they are indeed modular on the congruence subgroup Γ0(N)\Gamma_0(N) with N=1,2,3,4N=1,2,3,4. In particular, we prove two transformation formulas discovered by Mizuno related to the Kanade--Russell mod 9 conjecture and Capparelli's identities. We also establish vector-valued transformation formulas for some theta series. As applications, we give modular transformation formulas for various families of Nahm sums involving those in the Andrews--Gordon identities and Bressoud's identities.

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@article{arxiv.2412.18590,
  title  = {Modularity of Some Nahm Sums as Vector-valued Functions},
  author = {Liuquan Wang and Huohong Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.18590},
  year   = {2024}
}

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23 pages. Comments are welcome

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